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Video appears to show stalker doctor wiping blood from where model was murdered, stuffed in suitcase

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Bradford, C. (2026, September 25). Video appears to show stalker doctor wiping blood from where model was murdered, stuffed in suitcase. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/25/world-news/video-appears-to-show-stalker-doctor-wiping-blood-from-where-model-was-murdered-and-stuffed-in-suitcase/

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A video allegedly shows Matthew Foster-Smith, a British doctor with a history of stalking, cleaning blood from an apartment hallway in Bogota where model Natalia Villalba was murdered. Police believe Foster-Smith killed Villalba on June 18 and left her body dismembered in a suitcase; he fled Colombia and was later captured in Ecuador attempting to escape to the UK using a fake passport. Authorities have charged him with aggravated femicide and concealing evidence, facing up to 50 years if convicted.

Written by AI on 2026-09-25, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Matthew Foster-Smith, a UK-born doctor previously convicted for stalking an ex-lover and distributing revenge porn online, is accused of murdering Natalia Villalba, a 36-year-old model, in her apartment in Bogota, Colombia. According to reports, Foster-Smith allegedly killed Villalba on June 18 with a blunt object before dismembering her body and hiding it in a gray suitcase. Disturbing video footage shows the suspect wiping blood from the hallway where the murder took place.

Foster-Smith fled Colombia using a fake British passport but was apprehended by authorities in Ecuador while attempting to board a flight to the UK. He is now charged with aggravated femicide and concealing evidence, leading Interpol to issue a red notice for his arrest. Before being caught, Foster-Smith contacted the Sun newspaper claiming he could not be the killer because he was watching a World Cup match that had occurred the day before Villalba's murder.

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Disturbing video appears to show a doctor wiping blood from the hallway of a Colombian apartment where he’s accused of killing a model later found stuffed in a suitcase. asserted

he → appear → suitcase

UK-born doctor Matthew Foster-Smith — a convicted stalker — is believed to be the man seen on all fours scrubbing the floor with a rag after Natalia Villalba, 36, was murdered inside her Bogota apartment, the Sun reported Friday. asserted

Sun → bear → apartment

Foster-Smith, 46, is believed to have fled Colombia on a fake British passport, leading to an Interpol red notice — before he was nabbed in Ecuador trying to catch a flight to the UK, according to authorities who have since charged him with aggravated femicide and concealing evidence. uncertain

who → believe → evidence

Before his arrest, he brazenly called the Sun newspaper to claim he couldn’t be the killer because he was watching a World Cup game — one that was actually played a day before the model was slain. uncertain

model → call → game

The suspect, who was previously convicted for stalking an ex-lover and putting revenge porn online, is accused of bashing Villalba with a blunt object on June 18 after going to her seventh-floor apartment – then dismembering her body and stuffing it in a gray suitcase. asserted

who → convict → suitcase

That afternoon, he was allegedly seen hurling garbage bags down a chute, with prosecutors claiming blood-soaked bedsheets were inside. uncertain

bedsheets → see → chute

The newly emerged video appears to show him crawling across the floor and scrubbing it, inadvertently leaving cleaning marks behind. asserted

him → emerge → marks

The suspect wiped several spots before getting rid of his rag in the garbage chute and catching an elevator. asserted

suspect → wipe → elevator

The suitcase containing the body was left in a running shower in the model’s rental apartment. asserted

suitcase → contain → apartment

“The fact the suitcase was left under a running shower accelerated the decomposition,” Ariel Cortes, the director of Colombia’s National Forensic Medicine Institute, said. asserted

Cortes → leave → Institute

Villalba was found three days later by cleaners, but Foster-Smith, a former medic in southern England, had already left Colombia for Ecuador, allegedly on a fake passport, according to Colombian outlet RCN Noticias. uncertain

Smith → find → Noticias

An Interpol red notice was out for his arrest but he called the Sun with an alibi, desperately trying to distance himself from the killing. asserted

he → call → killing

“I was watching England versus Croatia [in the World Cup] on a big screen in an Irish bar, so it wasn’t me,” he told the UK newspaper. asserted

he → watch → newspaper

“After the match I went into the shopping center, I mooched about, bought an ice cream and came back later for the later games,” he said. asserted

he → go → games

England faced Croatia in Dallas on June 17, a day before the model is believed to have been murdered. asserted

model → face → June

Foster-Smith, who previously served an 18-month prison sentence in 2020, was arrested trying to catch a flight from Quito to the UK. asserted

who → serve → UK

He was charged in July and faces 50 years in prison if convicted. asserted

He → charge → prison

Video appears to show stalker doctor wiping blood from where model was murdered, stuffed in suitcase

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